Jos van der Veen

Vader, echtgenoot, treinmachinist, hobby fotograaf, drone-vlieger, amateur filosoof, levensgenieter.

[Jos van der Veen @StudioVDV]

@adeoressi @elonmusk Erkenning is het grootste geschenk aan Elon Musk, naast zijn successen.

Zonder Musk sterft de mens uit op eigen planeet.

[Adeo Ressi @adeoressi]

I organized an intervention to stop Elon from starting SpaceX. Here is the story...

Twenty five years ago, Elon and I sat in a car on a dark stretch of Long Island highway, two neurodiverse geeks staring at the night sky and wondering what came next. We had both experienced substantial exits and felt the weight of possibility ahead of us.

When I joked about 'space' while gazing upward, neither of us imagined we were planting the seed for what would become the largest IPO in history. We spent the next two hours debating why space was so hard. In the end, rockets are fuel and metal. We also debated where to go, and it was crystal clear that Mars was the only real destination.

Upon returning to NYC, we embarked on a global tour of space, meeting space agencies and luminaries worldwide. This opened our eyes to an industry stuck in bureaucratic thinking. If things continued at that pace, it was clear that we would never explore space in our lifetime.

So, we launched Life to Mars to show the world that two ambitious young men (29 and 30 years old), could send life to Mars without any government backing or support. We planned to send and grow plants on Mars, though some were pushing us to send mice.

We had a $50 MM budget that rested on our purchase of two Russian ICBMs for $7 MM each. We assumed one ICBM would fail, and we would learn and fix everything before launching again. When Elon went back to actually buy the ICBMs, the Russians tripled the price, bringing out launch costs from a total of $14 MM to $42 MM.

Our ambitious Life to Mars plan was no longer viable.

As you might imagine, Elon was not pleased. So, he decided to start SpaceX and create his own Mars rockets. Now, this is a crazy idea, both now and at the time, so I organized a large panel of top space experts, and we ambushed him at the Georgian Hotel one morning. It was set up like an intervention for an alcoholic, but for space.

Elon looked me in the eye when leaving the room and said, "I am going to do this." The intervention failed. Elon was committed. The rest is history.

I am excited to see this IPO after 25 years of hard work. What SpaceX has done is a testament to human will and overcoming insurmountable obstacles. It's nothing short of amazing.

Congratulations, E. Amazing.

[François Asselineau 🇫🇷 @f_asselineau]

🤮 HONTEUX
La Russe Mirra Andreeva (19 ans) a remporté Roland-Garros en battant la Polonaise Chwalinska en finale ce 6 juin 2026.
Par dépit de ce succès🇷🇺, les organisateurs, sans doute sur ordre de Macron, ont refusé de jouer l'hymne national russe.
Peut-on faire plus minable ?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

They are disappearing

[Jos van der Veen @StudioVDV]

https://t.co/4L4snoqfBF

#vanillasky #tomcruise #openyoureyes #abeautifullie #julie #sofie #moviemagic

[Jos van der Veen @StudioVDV]

Listen and make your own song with Suno. https://t.co/uK0LQBCHVc

"I thank the dark that no one stooped me"

[Kekius @kekius9]

The Sun will boil Earth's oceans in 500 million years. Life ends. Full stop.
And Elon's right — if evolution had taken just 10% longer, consciousness never happens. We almost didn't make it.
So how many civilizations out there already lost that race and died alone, stuck on one planet?
We could be next. Unless we become multiplanetary.

[K10✨ @Kristennetten]

The day is coming the Cybercab breaks out on the streets of Europe —

[Cole Grinde @GrindeOptions]

HUGE NEWS: $TSLA has just applied for their Robotaxi permit in the state of Nevada that will allow up to 5,000 Robotaxi vehicles.

That will be more Tesla vehicles in one state than Waymo has in their entire fleet.

[William Shatner @WilliamShatner]

Autograph Request
Dear, Mr. Shatner
1am a very good fan of yours and would love to have your
autograph. I am 17 years old and have been a fan of yours for 5 years now. Thanks for your time and consideration
Sincerely, Marshall Q. King, NC 👇🏻#billsfanmail

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Joe Rogan: "[The system] tricked you into thinking you're in a tribe. They're using this to manipulate you so they can keep siphoning off money and have incredible power. This administration poses a big threat to this."

[WWG1WGA🇺🇸♥️ @WWG1WGA_QQ]

🚨BREAKING: British veteran breaks down live on TV over state of the country:

"Rows and rows of white tombs for what? A country of today? No, I'm sorry. The sacrifice wasn't worth the result.

I fought for freedom, and it's darn-sight worse now than when I fought."

[Robert Scoble @Scobleizer]

Belief.

This morning a former friend called me, angry that I was continuing to support @elonmusk and @Tesla.

“How could you support a Nazi?”

Then went on and said that a ton of Silicon Valley leaders also were Nazis and are building camps, preparing for rounding up Jews.

Been thinking about that all day and have thought about it many times before.

While I don’t know what actually is going on in people’s minds I look at actual things I have visited and seen with my own eyes.

I have visited factories all over the world and the Tesla factory in Fremont at the heart of Silicon Valley is the most diverse factory in the world.

By far.

I studied it in depth. Often go there and watch workers get out of it. And often talk to them.

Have met blacks, Jews, gays, and immigrants from around the world.

You can not name a factory with more cultures and more diversity at it.

It is almost like Elon has a secret DEI program underway.

And every neighborhood in Silicon Valley is the same. My sons’ public high school has something like 60 different languages spoken by kids there.

And when I go to meetings in San Francisco and Silicon Valley I see the same. Meet people from all over the world. From all sorts of different religious and cultural backgrounds.

So if Elon is a Nazi he sure doesn’t hire that way.

And I am a proud supporter of both them, and the guy who hired them.

They make the best products.

And that is my belief from the fast lane as my eight-year-old Tesla drives me to San Francisco to have dinner with a group of entrepreneurs who moved here from India.

[Hugh Laurie @hughlaurie]

I was lucky enough to spend some time with James Earl Jones. He was everything you might have hoped, and a fair bit more. Wise, kind, funny, impossibly handsome, with a voice that could have crumbled the walls of Jericho. It was such an honour.

[Jos van der Veen @StudioVDV]

De harde realiteit. Ik hoop dat diegene die deze oorlog onnodig heeft uitgelokt en deze doet voortduren, een langzame en pijnlijke dood sterft. (jonge) Mannen als kanonnenvoer, we zijn nog erg ver verwijderd van een beschaving, want dit slaat helemaal nergens op!

[Chay Bowes @BowesChay]

⚠️ Warning ⚠️

Not for the faint hearted.

They won't show you this in Western Media, the horrific reality of Zelensky, Rutte and Von Der Leyens failed War on Russia.

Recovering the dead is a shockingly grim business for Ukraine, and no one really knows the true toll.

[Chay Bowes @BowesChay]

North Korea is accelerating its balistic missile production.

Kin Jong Un was pictured insepcting the latest batch being sent out to his army.

I wonder why no one in the West is messing with Kim?

[Jos van der Veen @StudioVDV]

@BowesChay Looks like a.i. generated footage.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@NUnl ASML should be treasured and supported. It is arguably the greatest company in Europe.

[Lord Bebo @MyLordBebo]

🇷🇺🇩🇪‼️🚨 RUSSIAN-MADE BMW CARS - HILARIOUS SANCTION BREACH:

Russia has started assembling its own Russian BMW cars in Kaliningrad! You can now buy a Russian BMW X7 SUV for a lower price.

These Russian-assembled BMWs are produced in the former BMW plant, which the Germans left and abandoned.

-> The Russians took over the experienced employees, leftover parts, and the assembly line to start their own production!

Now there are two BMW manufacturers in the world: one in Germany and one in Russia. 🤣

Want ti buy a Russian BMW?

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[Bitcoin Teddy @Bitcoin_Teddy]

ELON MUSK: "For the next few years America is likely to win the race in AI. Then it will be a function of who controls the AI chip fabrication. If more of the factories are owned by China then China will win. Right now all the chip fabs are in Taiwan. 100%. If China invades Taiwan in the near term the world will be cut off from advanced AI chips. I think it's essential for national security that we begin manufacturing our own chips in the US."